CRUD0 presents: Sound of Bogotá - with Paula Vélez, Varju & Giovani

SONIDO DE BOGOTÁ IS A DEDICATION TO THE CITY AND THE ELECTRONIC MUSIC CULTURE THAT CONTINUES TO SHAPE OUR IDENTITY. THIS SPECIAL EDITION BRINGS TO NEW YORK A SELECTION OF ARTISTS REPRESENTING DIFFERENT GENERATIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS OF BOGOTÁ’S TECHNO SOUND. A REFLECTION OF THE MUSIC, THE SPACES AND THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE MADE THE CITY AN ESSENTIAL PART OF OUR HISTORY.

BORN IN NEW YORK, ROOTED IN BOGOTÁ, CRUD0 WAS FOUNDED ON AN UNDERSTANDING OF TECHNO AS MORE THAN ENTERTAINMENT, A DISCIPLINE AND A COLLECTIVE EXPERIENCE CENTERED ON THE DANCE FLOOR. OVER DECADES, BOGOTÁ HAS DEVELOPED A DISTINCT MUSICAL LANGUAGE THROUGH EXPERIMENTATION, INDEPENDENCE AND A RESISTANCE TO COMMERCIAL CONVENTIONS. A SCENE BUILT ON ITS OWN TERMS, WITHOUT COMPROMISING ITS ORIGINAL VISION.

THIS PHILOSOPHY REMAINS CENTRAL TO CRUD0, INFORMING ITS CURATORIAL DIRECTION AND ITS COMMITMENT TO LONG HOURS, UNCOMPROMISING SOUND AND A PROTECTED DANCE FLOOR.

SELECTORS

PAULA VÉLEZ

A TRUE REPRESENTATIVE OF BOGOTÁ’S TECHNO SOUND, PAULA VÉLEZ HAS BEEN AN ACTIVE FORCE IN COLOMBIA’S ELECTRONIC MUSIC SCENE SINCE 2005. HER JOURNEY BEGAN WITH ACID COMMANDERS, A FOUR-TURNTABLE ACID TECHNO PROJECT THAT SHAPED HER DEEP CONNECTION TO VINYL AND THE RAW FOUNDATIONS OF THE GENRE.

IN 2008, SHE LAUNCHED HER SOLO PROJECT, CITRIK POLLY, EXPLORING NEW DIMENSIONS OF TECHNO WHILE ESTABLISHING BULLET, A FEMALE DJ COLLECTIVE AND EVENT PLATFORM. HER WORK EXTENDED INTO VENEZUELA AND LATER EUROPE, WHERE SHE BECAME INVOLVED WITH MADRID’S KILLSOUND COLLECTIVE AND MELTING POT RECORDS, PERFORMING ACROSS SPAIN AND BERLIN.

AFTER FOUR YEARS IN EUROPE, PAULA RETURNED TO COLOMBIA, PERFORMING AT BAUM, TATACOA FESTIVAL, BLACK BOX FESTIVAL AND RADIKAL STYLES, WHILE REMAINING CONNECTED TO KEY PLATFORMS SUCH AS THC, BOGOTRAX AND INDUSTRIAL GIRLS. HER INTERNATIONAL JOURNEY ALSO INCLUDES NEW YORK, BOSTON, ECUADOR AND COSTA RICA.